Daniel's voice was loud, as he kept making gestures with his hands. He was seated with his friends, conversing with them about the current news that spread around the country. Suddenly, someone rushed into their midst and exclaimed, "I heard another news…" "What's that, boy?" Daniel said, his voice breaking confidently, as if he would not be shaken by Liam's dealings. "Tell me, what's the news?" "The deal you made…" the boy started, but as soon as Daniel realized it was about a deal, he took the boy to a side to continue their talk in whispers. "The deal you strongly made and stamped with Karl had been released and broadly spread!" "What deal?" Daniel questioned him out of shock, and was rubbing his face until he stopped, as asked the boy again, "I don't get you. What deal?" "The chip infusion." The boy replied, his voice lighter as soon as he sensed anger in Daniel's voice."What!" Daniel reacted, as he nearly collapsed. "You know what? Just run away!" "To where?" The boy ask
Six months later… The county had returned to normalcy after a thorough reform was put in place. To honor those that had made it happen, a mass meeting was organized where all members of the country were invited to be a witness to. Tyler Greene, the newly appointed President, was present in the mass meeting, being an icon in the revamped version of the country. His face was brightly marked with excitement, as he left the smile on his face and was distributing it to the citizens, who were seeing him. They had come in their masses as they wanted to witness the occasion first hand."First, I'll formally announce the reason for his honorable, reasonable and democratic meeting." Tyler started, his voice cool at first, accompanied with the sound of his laughter. "We all know about the change in the course of events in this country and those who made it happen.." Tyler spoke with clear gladness and couldn't hide it. Tyler's vice was beside him, holding a thick colored banner in his han
Liam rushed through the hospital hallways. After spending the last month visiting his sister here, he didn’t even have to pause to run in the right direction.“Nurse Mo!” He yelled as the attending nurse to his sister walked out of the ward.Nurse Mo turned to look at him, her eyes filled with pity.“Liam, she had another serious attack just an hour ago; this time, it was even harder.”Liam shook his head, refusing to accept that things were getting worse daily for his sister and only family member.“Can I see her now?” He finally asked.Usually, he always tried his best to be there for his sister whenever she was feeling worse because of her failing organ. However, the bills were increasing daily, and he had to spend more time working.It was impossible to stay by her bedside all day.Seeing the genuine concern on his face, Nurse Mo couldn’t help but feel even more pity for the pair of siblings and sighed softly.“She’s still being monitored in the intensive care. In the meantime, th
Lily’s eyes narrowed with disgust as she looked at Liam’s tattered appearance. In the first place, she never believed that they would spend the money together; after all, the money was in her account.But now he wanted to take some from it.“I already locked the money up. We can’t access it,” she lied while crossing her arms across her chest.Liam’s chest tightened as he heard her words.“What do you mean, Lily?” Last he remembered, it was an open account.Lily even took some from it last month to get a designer bag that she loved so much. When did it get locked?“Lily, this is very urgent, as soon as Rose is feeling better, I’ll pay the money back.”Lily sneered as she looked at his pitiful appearance.“It’s normal for sick people to die. If you don’t have the means to save her, the most you can do is accompany her in her last moments.”On hearing her words, Liam’s heart chilled, and he stared at her with shock.“Can you hear yourself?” He asked after some seconds. Lily rolled her ey
The rest of everything that Lily said was a blur, and Liam ended the call without knowing what to say.He had met Lily in his first year, and he immediately liked her sunny and bright personality. She was not that good at studying and would come to him for help every now and then. Gradually, the both of them became close and became a couple.To save money, she had suggested moving in and Liam had agreed since he was staying alone.In these two years, he had considered her his woman and also family. After all, he didn’t have anyone besides Rose.However, he had also noticed that Lily had been changing these past few months, but he had been too busy to point anything out.This time, he could see that they had come to the end of their rope.But it took him a costly amount to see the gaps and changes.Just then, the accountant opened the door, pushing him out of his thoughts.“Liam, I just called the donor's family. They said the half payment must be complete before they agree to sign the
Even though his heart ached to sell it, Liam knew it was the smartest decision. He was not a person who liked to collect expensive items in the first place and didn’t have any idea about pawning things off.Using his phone, he was able to find a pawn shop with very good reviews and took the bus to the nearest bus stop.“Welcome,” the boss at the pawnshop greeted as Liam entered.His eyes were sharp and piercing, and Liam felt a little uncomfortable under his gaze. However, he still greeted him back politely before taking out the watch.“I’d like to sell this,” he started and placed the watch on the counter.The man’s eyes lit up and he hurriedly grabbed the watch that Liam had just placed on the counter.Seeing the shining gold, the man was impressed.“I didn’t know that this brand would still be moving around. It’s been a while since they created designs that would go into the public,” the man said and then started a long-winded conversation about how the brand was really impressive.
The next day, Liam only woke up when he felt his head being tugged on. As he opened his eyes to his sister’s familiar eyes, he couldn’t help the joy that rushed through him.“Rose,” he groaned out, his voice still husky from just waking up.“Brother.”Rose's eyes teared up as she looked at how tired her brother looked. Although he looked a little better after a night's rest, it was still not enough to hide all the stress that he had been through in the last few days.Her heart ached for her brother terribly.“Rose, how do you feel? The doctor said the attack was a mild one?” Liam asked.Without waiting for her reply, Liam rushed to check around her, as though, by doing that, he would be able to tell if she was fine.Rose smiled gently as she saw his worried expression.“I know my body best. I’m fine right now.” She was in a little bit of pain but she didn’t dare to tell him as she didn’t want him to worry.Liam finally calmed down and sat down beside her while holding her hands.For t
Without waiting for his reply, Lily ended the call and Liam looked around the empty apartment one more time as the call ended.At first, he wanted to believe that something was wrong with Lily, but after hearing her last words, a part of him couldn’t help but believe her.There was just that feeling in his heart. The realization.Without knowing, he had already settled in one corner of the floor and his mind started to wander to the memories they had both shared.In their relationship, he had indeed been the one giving and Lily just taking.Liam stood up, his eyes flashing with anger.“Already even?” He scoffed as he looked around his empty house.She had taken all that belonged to him and his prize money and she felt they were even?Before he could think of the next point of action, his phone rang, disrupting his thought process.“Liam, where are you?” Daniel’s voice rang out anxiously from the other end of the call.Liam frowned slightly. Daniel was his coursemate and closest friend